Friday, March 13, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Secret of Happiness
There was a story I read in THE ALCHEMIST about how to find secret of happiness and I find it worth sharing:
"A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. His son wanders in the desert for forty days and finally reaches the beautiful castle on the of the mountain in which wisest man lived.
When the boy enters the main room room in the castle, instead of the wisest man he saw many people coming and going, an orchestra was playing soft music in the corner and a table covered with the delicious food. The wise man conversed with everyone, and the boy had to wait for 2 hours to meet him.
The wise man listened attentively to the boy's explanation of why he had come, but told him that he didn't have time just to explain and suggested him to look around the palace and return in two hours. Meanwhile i want you to do one thing handing the boy a tea spoon with two drops of oil in it and said 'As you wander around, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.'
The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace, keeping the eye fixed on the spoon. After two hours, he returned to the room where the wise man was.
the wise asked the boy that did he saw this n that(beautiful things in the castle), on this the boy was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing. His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.
Then the wise told him to go back and again observe the marvels of my world. he said 'You cannot trust a man if you don't know his house.'
The boy took the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace, this time observing all the works. He saw everything this time and told about everything he saw in detail this time. Then the wise man asked 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted you?'
Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that oil was gone. On that the wisest man said " 'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you. The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' "
"A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. His son wanders in the desert for forty days and finally reaches the beautiful castle on the of the mountain in which wisest man lived.
When the boy enters the main room room in the castle, instead of the wisest man he saw many people coming and going, an orchestra was playing soft music in the corner and a table covered with the delicious food. The wise man conversed with everyone, and the boy had to wait for 2 hours to meet him.
The wise man listened attentively to the boy's explanation of why he had come, but told him that he didn't have time just to explain and suggested him to look around the palace and return in two hours. Meanwhile i want you to do one thing handing the boy a tea spoon with two drops of oil in it and said 'As you wander around, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill.'
The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace, keeping the eye fixed on the spoon. After two hours, he returned to the room where the wise man was.
the wise asked the boy that did he saw this n that(beautiful things in the castle), on this the boy was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing. His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.
Then the wise told him to go back and again observe the marvels of my world. he said 'You cannot trust a man if you don't know his house.'
The boy took the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace, this time observing all the works. He saw everything this time and told about everything he saw in detail this time. Then the wise man asked 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted you?'
Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that oil was gone. On that the wisest man said " 'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you. The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.' "
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